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5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade

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when it helped to hold the German counter-attack, it was not involved in battle. Instead, it was held in reserve in case of a breakthrough, although it did send parties to the trenches on a number of occasions. They would hold the line, or act as
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on 20–24 December and moved up to the Front on 1–4 January 1915. While in France, the brigade was known by its geographical rather than numerical designation so as to avoid confusion with the British
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42-56)
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In March 1918, the brigade was broken up in France. The British units (6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and
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11 November 1914 was the appointment date of the brigade's first commanding officer.
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The 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade commanded the following units on the Western Front:
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which was formally constituted on 14 December. The division concentrated around
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was designated as 5th Indian Cavalry Brigade from September 1920 to 1923
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The 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade had the following commanders:
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Formed on 29 February 1916 from the machine gun sections of
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The only remaining pre-war cavalry brigade –
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
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On 15 September 1915, the brigade swapped places with the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
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Indian Cavalry Corps order of battle First World War
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also serving on the Western Front at the same time.
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Index

British India
British Crown
British Indian Army
Cavalry
Brigade
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
1st Indian Cavalry Division
First World War
Western Front
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Maj.-Gen.
H.D. Fanshawe
Br.-Gen.
G. de S. Barrow
cavalry
brigade
British Indian Army
Indian Army during the First World War
Western Front
2nd
1st Indian Cavalry Divisions
cavalry
brigades
Western Front
First World War
5th (Mhow) Division
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
Muttra
7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade
Bombay

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